When Emperor Chengping detonated the Five Elements and Eight Trigrams Demon-Suppressing Array, the Retired Emperor and Empress Yin landed on the summit of an unnamed mountain in the eastern suburbs: "Old man, what are you doing following me?"
"Empress Yin, I have already handed over the key to you, and you are still angry with me?" The Emperor Emeritus approached her, heartbroken and trying to evoke her emotions.
Heartbreaking and indignant, yet I feel pity for it.
"Bah! The most ruthless are those in the imperial family," Empress Yin sneered. "Old man, do you think I'm still the innocent and naive twelve or thirteen-year-old young lady from a prominent family, someone you can easily deceive and manipulate?"
"Alright, I'll be frank. If we cooperate, we'll both win; if we separate, we'll both suffer. As outsiders, you should weigh the pros and cons yourself." The retired emperor changed his appearance, revealing his imperial authority and threatening him.
Empress Yin used her internal energy to resist, frowning and coldly rebuking, "Old man, you're not pretending anymore, are you?"
"Empress Yin, further words are useless. Make your choice." The Emperor Emeritus was determined to kill. He would eliminate anyone or any force that hindered Wang Changsheng and would not tolerate evil.
He once carelessly allowed the Empress to feign death and escape, leaving behind hidden dangers that he deeply regretted.
As for the Yin-Yang and Five Elements spiritual roots mentioned earlier, and the seven secret keys working together to form an array and activate the keys to sense the whereabouts of the seal, that's all nonsense.
Otherwise, the Empress would not have secretly cultivated her power and laid the groundwork for becoming the sole ruler.
In fact, the seven secret keys of Yin Yang and Five Elements are true, as is the ability to activate the array to sense the location of the seal. It's just that a Yin Yang and Five Elements array can be set up, with the seven secret keys as the array's core medium, to activate the function of the seven secret keys sensing the location of the seal.
During the time the Immortal Dynasty existed, the seal always recognized the emperors of each successive dynasty, which demonstrates the seal's independence. It is impossible for seven people to recognize it, activate seven key arrays, and gain the seal's approval. That is absolutely impossible.
Don't forget that the remnant soul of the Immortal King narrowly escaped death and only has one chance to rise again. If he makes a mistake in choosing the right person to support, he may destroy all hope!
This alone is enough to prove the special nature of the seal, making it impossible for it to be recognized by multiple people.
The retired emperor knew the truth perfectly well, while the empress dowager was unaware of the details but also had her suspicions. She sneered disdainfully, "Old thing, stop trying to confuse me."
I believe my greatest adversary is not you, old man, but the transmigrator.
They not only possess a variety of life-saving trump cards and killing moves, making them impossible to guard against, but they are also the culprits who destroyed the Immortal Dynasty and must be guarded against. Moreover, their mission is to plunder resources and treasures.
If it's not removed for a day, it's like a fishbone stuck in my throat.
Meanwhile, Zheng Ya lurked in the shadows, like a deadly venomous snake, ready to bite us and seize all the spoils at any moment.
"We can't possibly cooperate, but we both know our common enemy is Zheng Ya, and all the transmigrators. Until we deal with them, you'd rather die than fight me. So get lost!"
"Empress Yin, that's not very meaningful."
"Don't forget that our ascension method is different from that of the transmigrators!" the retired emperor pleaded, frustrated.
The implied meaning is also obvious.
They didn't know the specifics of how transmigrators ascended to the upper realm, but they did know that transmigrators possessed a special way of returning, coming without a trace and going without a shadow.
However, both of them knew the way natives ascended to the upper realm.
The only way to ascend is to activate the seal to receive the power of the Heavenly Dao rules, thus guiding cultivators in the Ascension Realm to ascend to the Upper Realm.
Otherwise, even if one possesses the potential to become an immortal, one wouldn't know where to ascend to?
As for flying through space and traversing galaxies to find the upper realm or the immortal realm, that's like looking for a needle in a haystack—a suicidal journey.
This is the reason why the last emperor of the Immortal Dynasty risked his life to self-destruct and prevent the seal from falling into the hands of those who cross realms: for the sake of achieving immortality, guiding his descendants to ascension, and fulfilling his fundamental duty to protect this world.
The Queen of the Underworld was unfamiliar with the method of returning from the realm of transmigrators, but she knew the principle of natives ascending to the upper realm. She frowned and said, "What you're saying is just because you're worried about me stabbing you in the back!"
I can tell you that the reason I'm holding the key in your hands is to prevent you from stabbing me in the back; it's a deliberate act.
"Don't be angry. I'm here to reassure you. No one who crosses realms is completely extinct. I won't have anyone attack you, including your subordinates. Now, get out of here."
"This is outrageous..." The retired emperor was furious and powerless, but in the end he turned and left.
On the Star-Picking Tower, Zheng Ya saw Emperor Chengping self-destruct using the Five Elements and Eight Trigrams Demon-Suppressing Array. He immediately activated his time-accelerating ability, flashing to Emperor Chengping's side first and delivering a swift chop to the back of the emperor's neck: "Bang!"
With a single strike, Emperor Chengping was knocked unconscious, packed up, and taken into the supernatural mini-world. This severed the pulling force that allowed Emperor Chengping to control the Five Elements and Eight Trigrams Demon-Suppressing Array, preventing Emperor Chengping from self-destructing insanely.
Zheng Ya then orchestrated Emperor Chengping's development of supernatural abilities, awakening the Crimson Sun power. He then tossed the now-awakened Emperor Chengping onto an external platform, asking, "Little Emperor, still seeking death?"
"Uh, well, hehe, I'm sorry, I just went into a qi deviation, it was a mistake, a mistake..." Emperor Chengping scrambled to his feet, sensing the surging supernatural power within his body, which was more than ten times stronger than before, and smiled obsequiously as he clasped his hands in a fist and bow.
I followed Xie Ming for several years and never got to eat meat?
However, he could see the advantages of Xie Ming's supernatural abilities and had long coveted them.
It's a pity Xie Ming doesn't know how to help people awaken their supernatural abilities?
What was once a distant dream has now become a reality. Emperor Chengping was overjoyed and no longer suspected Zheng Ya of having ulterior motives.
At most, it's just mutual exploitation.
But this is tantamount to restarting the journey to the upper realm, so Emperor Chengping has no reason to refuse!
Zheng Ya waved his hand and said, "Alright, your fawning face doesn't make anyone happy, let's skip it!"
"I'm sorry, I don't know how to flatter people. Just give me your orders." Emperor Chengping was used to ordering people around. Even when cooperating with Xie Ming, it was an equal relationship. He was just providing Xie Ming with resources to curry favor and make friends!
This is the first time in my life I've ever fawned over someone.
He once knelt and worshipped the retired emperor in his attempt to seize the throne, but he did so with utmost respect and trepidation, not by groveling before him.
Zheng Ya was too lazy to argue with him, so he raised his index finger and said, "First, after the Emperor Emeritus and Empress Yin leave the capital, they will definitely target all the forces in the world."
They disdain ruling over the people, plundering the world's resources, and targeting ambitious individuals and those who cross boundaries. Instead, controlling powerful families and ruling over the people to achieve their goals is in line with their identity.
What you need to do is integrate the power of the aristocratic families, unite with the Eastern Lin Army to openly submit to their rule, and secretly intercept resources and intelligence in order to counter them.
Secondly, those who cross boundaries will certainly not be content with being left alone and will take targeted actions.
Before the Five Elements Key manifests in the world, the retired emperor and the empress dowager will likely only plot in secret and will not show themselves again!
Fearing that alerting the enemy would delay the release of the Five Elements Key, they had no choice but to make their plans in secret.
So your task is to negotiate with the tiger for its skin, act as the sixth man, seize opportunities to profit, control intelligence, and plunder resources.
Third, once the Five Elements Key is discovered to have been released, it must be intercepted at all costs. At the very least, the news must be blocked, the Five Elements Key and the person involved must be imprisoned, and all efforts must be made to delay the release of the Five Elements Key.
The root cause of this world's destruction is the birth of the seal. Its birth might consume all the world's energy to help people ascend to immortality. The seal is also a coveted item for those who transcend realms. Therefore, you must understand that delaying the seal's birth is the only way to survive and have hope of achieving immortality…”
"What? You're not lying to me?" Emperor Chengping turned deathly pale, completely bewildered and frantic, as if caught in a chilling wind...
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